Brick-handling device for brick-machines.



J. WALKER. .v BRICK HANDLING DEVICE FOR BRICK MACHINES. APPLIQATIOI FILED MAY 17,

899,086. Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

ave a? imam MW" Man/I 4 JOSEPH WALKER, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

BRICiK-HANDLING DEVICE FOR BRICK-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.-

' Application filed May 17, 1907. Serial No. 374,150.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnru WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexa-udria, in the county of Alexandria and State, of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lh'ick-llaiulling Devices for lirick-Maehilws, of which the following is a specification.

.\l v invention relates to im rove1nents in brick handling devices for bricmachines.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for rotary brick machines,

whereby the brick is tilted and placed upon its edge as it leaves the molding wheel.

Another object of my invention is to provide a more simple, cheap and effective de vice of this character.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my device as applied to the ordinary rotary brick press or machine; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the roller journal.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the mold carrying wheels of the well known t-vpe of rotary brick machines and is provided 1n its outer periphery with mold o enings 2, having plun ers 3 for removing t to bricks therefrom. Ii eretofore the bricks have been delivered to a traveling endless belt on their flat side, this being injurious to the brick as well as causing an extra handling of the brick in order to set it on edge.

It is the object of my invention to provide means for tilting the brick and allowing it to fall 11 )on the endless conveyer on edge. Below t to molding wheel 1, I have shown a sc ries of rollers 4, which, as shown, are arranged in an arc of a circle parallel with the arc of the wheel. The said rollers bein preferably mounted in plates 5 carried by the frame of the machine, the said plates having notches 0r recesses 6 in their up )e-r edge to form a bearing for thejournalso the rollers. These plates, as shown, are )rovided with a central off-set )ortion 7 whic i throws the journals of the rolfers away from the frame. The rollers 8, as shown, are arranged in a line )arallel with the arc of the wheel, as will be iereinafter described. The upper edge of the plate 5 is arranged as shown in Fig. l, to thus position the. rollers, and the end roller is provided with a covering 9 of felt, or other soft material, to prevent injury to the brick:

Below The rollers is the endless conveyer 10 which receives the bricks and conve 's them from the machine. Carried by the sum of the machine is a plate 11 which is arranged adjacent the wheel 1 and is adapted to engage the stems 12 of the plungers 3 for forcing the bricks from the molds.

The cam plate [1 is provided with a double cam surface 13 and 13'. The cam surface 13 is so arranged that the plungers are forced half way out so that the bricks are resting u )0" the rollers 4. The continued rotation oi the mold wheel brings the plunger stems 12 into engagement with the cam surface 13 which is so positioned that the plungers are gradually forced out. 'hen the brick has reached thc point between the last of the series of rollers 4 and the first of the series of rollers 8, the cam face 13 gradually forces the brick from the mold and as it passes over the covered end roller it slides therefrom in a tilted position and falls u )on the endless conveyor or belt 11 on its 0 go.

Having thus ful y described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a rotary brick molding wheel, havin molds in its outer periphery, plungers for forcing the bricks from the molds, of an endless conveyor below the wheel, a series of rollersfarranged around the periphery of the moldirg wheel and arranged to support and tilt the bricks as they leave the molds for delivering them on edge to the endless conveyor.

2. The combination with a rotary brick molding wheel having molds in its outer pcriphery, plungers for forcing the bricks from the molds, of an endless conveyor below the wheel, a series of rollers arranged around the )eri )hery of the molding wheel, and means ior 'orcing the bricks a part of the way out of the molds and supported by the rollers, and means for forcing the bricks all of the way out when they reach the end of the rollels.

3. The combination with a rotary brick molding wheel having molds in its outer periphery, )lUIH'CIS for forcing the bricks from the mol s, o a convcyer below the wheel, a series of rollers arranged around. the eriphery of the molding wheel, and a cam or forcin the plunger a part of the way out, whereby the bricks are s 1 ported by the rollers within the molds. and means for forcing each successive brick entirely out of the mold as it reaches the lastroller of the series, substantially as set forth- 4. The combination with a rotary brick machine having the usual plungers for forcinq the bricks from the mold, of an endless belt below the mold wheel, a series of rollers between the endless belt and the mold wheel one ortion of the series of rollers arranged para lel with the arc of the molding wheel, and the other portion of the series arranged at an angle to the are of the molding wheel, and a cam arranged for operating said plungers and having a surface to correspond with the arrangement of the rollers and said cam so positioned that when the plungers are forced in their outermost position the end roller of said series is adjacent one side of the mold, such as described.

5. The combination with a rotary brick machine having the usual )lunger for forcing the bricks from the mold, an endless belt below the mold wheel, a series of rollers between the endless belt and the mold wheel,

one ortion of the series of rollers arranged para lel with the arc of the ino'ldingAvheel and the other portion of the series arranged at an angle to the are of the molding wheel, the end roller of the last series having a covering of soft material, and a cam arranged for operating said )lungersalidmwing a surface to correspond the rollers, the said cam so positioned that when the plungers are forced into their outermost position the end roller of the said'series is adjacent one side of the mold, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. JOSEPH \VALKER. itnesses: i

P. II. Moons, C. R. \Vnron'r, Jr.

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